"Не позвать ли нам Дживса?" - роман, в котором находчивый Дживс помогает молодому графу Рочестерскому выпутываться из всевозможных передряг, пока его легкомысленный хозяин Берти Вустер учится самостоятельности в специализированной школе для аристократов. В издание включены также рассказы "На выручку юному Гасси", "Командует парадом Дживс", "Берти меняет точку зрения" и другие истории, в которых неподражаемые Дживс и Вустер снова вместе.
One thing that constantly disrupts the peace of life at Blandings is the constant incursion of impostors. Blandings has impostors like other houses have mice. Now there are two of them – both intent on a dangerous enterprise. Lord Emsworth’s secretary, the efficient Baxter, is on the alert and determined to discover what is afoot – despite the distractions caused by the Honorable Freddie Threepwood’s hapless affair of the heart.
In the bar-parlour of the Angler's Rest, Mr Mulliner tells his amazing tales, which hold the assembled company of Pints of Stout and Whiskies and Splash in the palm of his expressive hand. Throughout, the Mulliner clan remains resourcefully in command in the most outlandish situations.
Van tijd tot tijd verzeilt Bertie Wooster in de problemen. Het lijkt wel of alles en iedereen tegen hem is. Alsof er sprake is van een samenzwering die uiteindelijk eindigt in een onoverzichtelijke bende. Maar dan doet Jeeves zijn intrede. De slimme, discrete butler Jeeves. De redder in nood, kalm en wijs, smaakvol en onkreukbaar. Wat zou Wooster zonder hem moeten? Omnibus bevat: Butler's vaarwel De onnavolgbare Jeeves Bravo Jeeves Met Jeeves door dik en dun
Who can forget our beloved gentleman's personal gentleman, Jeeves, who ever comes to the rescue when the hapless Bertie Wooster falls into trouble. My Man Jeeves is sure to please anyone with a taste for pithy buffoonery, moronic misunderstandings, gaffes, and aristocratic slapstick. Contents: "Leave It to Jeeves" "Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest" "Jeeves and the Hard-boiled Egg" "Absent Treatment" "Helping Freddie" "Rallying Round Old George" "Doing Clarence a Bit of Good" "The Aunt and the Sluggard"
Following a contretemps with Colonel Wyvern, what could be better than a sojourn at Healthward Ho? Quite a lot, as it turns out, when Lester Carmody of Rudge Hall puts himself into the hands of Dr Twist, the aptly named owner of the establishment, and pursues a devious money-making scheme.
L'Anonima Alcolizzati ha ispirato l'Anonima Scapoli, un'associazione creata per aiutare gli scapoli a resistere all'impulso di sposarsi. Quando un membro sente il desiderio di invitare una ragazza a cena, chiama gli altri per discutere la sua "follia". In questo modo, la calma sostituisce la tempesta e l'attacco di follia viene superato. Fondata dall'avvocato Ephraim Trout, l'associazione mira a salvare amici e clienti dai pericoli del matrimonio. Tuttavia, anche i più incalliti scapoli possono cadere in tentazione. Trout, nonostante sia riuscito a proteggere il suo cliente Ivor Llevellyn da cinque matrimoni e a evitare il "sesto incubo", alla fine si lascia conquistare da una vedova, ex infermiera, il cui affetto e le sue cure lo portano all'altare. Scritto nel 1973, il racconto rappresenta l'ultima produzione di Wodehouse. Pur essendo più semplice e meno articolato, mantiene la formula classica dell'autore, con trame intrecciate e un ritmo vivace. La narrazione continua a coinvolgere il lettore, suscitando curiosità su cosa accadrà nella pagina successiva.
(1968) features Mike Bond, the hitherto fortunate owner of Bond's Bank, who
finds himself in a spot of trouble so serious that he wants someone to burgle
the bank before the trustees inspect it.
The result is the lightest of literary soufflees, another instalment in the
long-running saga of the Threepwood family, including the head of the clan,
Lord Emsworth, his virago sister, Lady Constance, and his debonair brother,
the Honourable Galahad Threepwood, ex-boulevardier and solver of romantic
problems.
